Last week my friend Phil pulled out his phone and it made me gasp. Gasp I tell you! Where had he purchased this beast from? How was he managing to use it? Was I jealous or was I impressed? The phone in question was a...
Never did I think a fully made up man in a kaftan would make me cry. However, come this past Friday night, as I lay on Sister With Massive Laugh's couch, that's exactly what I was doing. Crying at a man in a kaftan. Sure, I...
{Member's of the Cambridge rowing team. James Cracknell second from the right} I text my friend Dan the other day with a link to a new comedy writing and performance course now available at the University we both attended. 'Totes would have...
The continuous thought process of a so called feminist, and lover of women, during a performance of 'When we have sufficiently tortured each other' at The National Theatre starring Cate Blanchett and Stephen Dillane ~ Oh wow! She looks really normal. I bet she's my height....
[caption id="attachment_1140" align="aligncenter" width="623"] FYRE festival documentary on Netflix[/caption] There is a short train ride from Brighton to Portslade that you can take without purchasing a ticket. I've ridden this train, sans billet, twice now and each time have been so unbelievably nervous about getting caught....
Sometimes I wake in the middle of the night drenched in sweat. My heart is pounding and my breathing erratic. I take a large gulp of air and try to calm myself. I rack my foggy, sleepy brain for what could have awoken me so violently…..and then I...
This year I noticed a lot of hate towards making New Year's resolutions. There seemed to be a defensiveness from those who either don’t believe in them or those who can’t cope with the pressure of not fulfilling them. #differentyearsameme popped up a lot on the...
Back in the heady days of 2012 I wrote an end of year summary about my own personal highlights. Come January 31st a slew of 'round up articles' can be found in the media reminding us of the year that was ~ When Brexit took...
Last weekend I went to Somerset to help my parents oldest friends clear out ninety three years worth of someone's precious belongings. Attached to the side of Terry & Judy's beautiful cottage, in a hamlet near Yeovil, is an annexe where Terry's mum Joy lived. She...